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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEW - Opening Password for DOC file limited to 15 characters"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65492#c8">Comment # 8</a>
on <a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEW - Opening Password for DOC file limited to 15 characters"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65492">bug 65492</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:mikekaganski@hotmail.com" title="Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski@hotmail.com>"> <span class="fn">Mike Kaganski</span></a>
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<pre>(In reply to Mike from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=65492#c7">comment #7</a>)
<span class="quote">> Though, I tested the limit with MS Word 2007. It supports longer
> passwords. So, if you have to open an old DOC with a longer password, you
> need an older version of MS Office.</span >
Just tested with Word 2007 (12.0.6784.5000) SP3: created a new document, saved
as DOC, and set its encryption password to 16-character "1234567890123456". It
swallowed the password (although asked me if I want to use DOCX instead because
of stronger encryption), and then trying to open the document using the same
16-character password failed, while entering the first 15 characters allowed me
to successfully open the document.
So was there actually a version that allowed to use more than 15 characters of
password for binary documents? Should the bug be closed NOTABUG (or concentrate
on proper indication of limiting entered password - something the person
entering the password might not notice), or set to NEEDINFO asking for a sample
of (or specific steps to get) such a document?</pre>
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